3:37 AM,
Dec. 18, 2009

Fred Baden: "I would like to be remembered as a man that helped build the city that I loved."

Written by

Bret H. McCormick
bmccormick@thetowntalk.com

Fred Baden, who spent 28 years as the mayor of Pineville, died early Thursday morning at the age of 75.

A plumber by trade, Baden was elected to the Pineville City Council in 1966 and then mayor in 1970. He served as mayor for seven terms before being defeated in a bitter race against Leo Deslatte in 1998.

Upon deciding not to run for re-election in 2000 after Deslatte's resignation, Baden said he had spent the majority of his life as a servant to the city of Pineville. ...